Vehicle-to-pedestrian communication systems
First Claim
1. A vehicle-to-pedestrian information system comprising:
- a cloud computing system configured to communicate with a vehicle configured for autonomous piloting, the vehicle including a directional speaker,wherein the cloud computing system is configured to;
identify a message for a pedestrian based on a location of the pedestrian;
transmit the message to the vehicle; and
cause the vehicle to play the message for the pedestrian via the directional speaker.
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Abstract
Vehicle-to-pedestrian information systems that use directional sound transmission on autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A cloud computing system manages messages for transmission to pedestrians via autonomous vehicles having directional speakers. The cloud computing system identifies pedestrians and identifies messages for the pedestrians. Pedestrians may be known and authenticated to the cloud computing system or may be unknown. The cloud computing system maintains profiles for known pedestrians and transmits messages to vehicles based on the profiles. The cloud computing system keeps track of the location of vehicles and causes the vehicles to use directional speakers to transmit messages to the pedestrians based on the relative positions of the vehicles and the pedestrians.
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1. A vehicle-to-pedestrian information system comprising:
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a cloud computing system configured to communicate with a vehicle configured for autonomous piloting, the vehicle including a directional speaker, wherein the cloud computing system is configured to; identify a message for a pedestrian based on a location of the pedestrian; transmit the message to the vehicle; and cause the vehicle to play the message for the pedestrian via the directional speaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An autonomous vehicle capable of communicating information to a pedestrian, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
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a steering system and a speed control system; a directional speaker; and an on-board computer configured to; autonomously control the steering system and the speed control system based on environmental conditions and navigation conditions; receive a message for a pedestrian from a cloud computing system; determine a location of the pedestrian; and cause the directional speaker to play the message for the pedestrian based on the location of the pedestrian. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for facilitating vehicle-to-pedestrian communication, the method comprising:
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identifying a message for a pedestrian based on a location of the pedestrian; transmitting the message to an autonomous vehicle that includes a directional speaker; and causing the vehicle to play the message for the pedestrian via the directional speaker. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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